Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in each year since 1 January 2016 to 2 November 2022.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
Individual departments are responsible for the payment of salaries and severance payments to current and former Ministers. As such, the information requested is not held centrally.
Departments are required to publish compensation payments paid to former Ministers as part of their Annual Report & Accounts.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the Government's development of proposals to cut 91,000 civil service jobs.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
Departments are constantly working to ensure the cost of Government is no greater than it needs to be to deliver for the public. Recent activity on workforce proposals will inform how departments maximise efficiency within their budgets, to ensure that the Government is using taxpayers’ money sustainably in the long term.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the 2021-22 Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts will be published.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 is currently under review by the National Audit Office and is expected to be laid before the end of December.